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Study Notes for Philosophy of Adventist EducationChapters 13, 14 and 15

Chap. 13 - Mental and Spiritual Culture

1. In a previous chapter EGW spoke of laws governing our spiritual, mental, and physical nature. In this

chapter she speaks of one law that governs all three. In your own brief words, what does that law say?2. If the goal of education is to fit men for this life and the life to come, the Bible contains all the ___________________ that we need to understand to be educated. Thought question---are ___________________ the only things school is intended to teach?

3. In Steps to Christ EGW says that some Bible reading is a positive harm (p. 110). This chapter indicatesthat even a hasty reading is helpful. Compare the passages and state in your own words how the twostatements can be harmonized.

4. What suggestions does EGW make in this chapter to those that hope to discover deep and buried truthsin the scripture? Does she, in this chapter, give more attention to the study of context or to thecomparison of various parts of the Bible?

5. EGW speaks of a supernatural structure to the Bible that allows it to be studied in a way calculatedto strengthen the mind. Be prepared to discuss: Does this savor of the verbal concept of inspiration?When she speaks of poetry the sweetest and most sublime, does she mean that the Holy Spirit authoredthe poems? Or that the prophets were the worlds most gifted poets? Or something else?

6. The chapter speaks of two mental exercises that, during Bible study, strengthen the mind. One is theexercise of searching and comparing various parts and trying to see the harmony between them. Whatis the other exercise? And what solemn warning is connected with not practicing the exercise?

7. The heart that is longing for something, what part of religion is it that will fill those cravings?8. What, alone, can limit the possibilities for development in the mind of the one that connects with the

mind of God by studying the scripture?9. Books of the Bible have a central theme. Does the Bible have one? (ok, the answer is yes). What is

it?10. In your own words, what is the key to understanding the treasure house of Gods word?11. If we offered a Masters Degree is Soteriology, should it be a Master of Arts, or a Master of Science

degree? (This is a thought question only.)12. Memory work: Ecclesiastes 7:12. Hos. 8:12. Jer. 33:3. Due on Monday, October 5, 2003.13. Write 126:5 on a third-grade reading level (ie. Very simple words)14. How do you understand the ideas on page 127 that we will recognize the voices of our angels at the

resurrection because we learned to distinguish and love those voices here on earth?

Chapter 1415. What is the difference between inferences and implications.16. This is not a question: In Creation Science class, for those that have not yet taken it, we will explore in

some detail the evidences in science for the creation and flood models. In this class (Education) wewill discuss the scientific theories that one might postulate from the principles of pre-planned healingmechanisms in an earlier chapter.

17. Think about EGWs arguments from Coal and Oil. Would slowly buried organic deposits yield the vastfields that now exist? This is a significant argument.

18. Summarize as a list the weaknesses of scientific conclusions listed in 130:2. Which of them is anaxiological weakness? Why would axiology play into a paragraph such as this?

19. Consider the paragraph 131:0. Would it shake your faith if a mechanism was discovered (nonediscovered to date) that explains by natural causes the pumping of heart cells? Be prepared to discuss.

20. A common and fundamental metaphysical question regarding theology is whether God is personal or impersonal (a force, a power). What paragraph (pg:para) answers this question directly?

21. Practice grasping 132:2, 3, 133:1. What evidence do you see in the last of these that David alsostretched his mind by trying to grasp large ideas?

22. When we studied axiology, we studied the ideas of being valuable because something is morally right,and also being valuable because it is pleasing. Since then we have spoken of other aspects of axiology.Some things are valuable because they have meaning and purpose. In 133:2 (beginning it was the

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